St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1887-12-25

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whit wish | wuZ under ground"
But love you, Pete"
Gal, dyer mean it? Dyer mean
thet yer can love great big rough bear
like me?" cried Pete, turning and look
ing wistfully into the innocent face Of
the child beside him.
Eyes, Pete" she replied, II love you,
for you seem to be so much alone" The
strong man drew the frail figure to his
broad breast that shook with something
like a great sob, and hot tears of graft
tude ran down his brown face on the
golden hair of the child.
do you ever pray, Pete" asked Sun
shine, when the heavy arms had re-
leased her.
me pray?" he repeated with shrug
of his shoulders, ''me pray? No, dunno
how
FIJI teach you"
|4.No, | reckon 'twon't do emmy good"
AI'm sure it will, Pete. Won't you let
me teach you," and with this her arms
stole round his neck and her tender
lips laid kiss OH his broad forehead.
The heart of the rough man was
touched by the child's simplicity, and in
IA voice full of emotion he said, Il amt
with it, but eff yer willin' an want me
ter, I'll do it Sunshine, eff it stampedes
every steer in Their herd"
They knelt OH the grass, the stalwart
miner and the little child side by side,
his shaggy head bowed humbly, her
sweet, innocent face upturned to the
sunshine that batbed the tree tops,
Willie she slowly breathed the Lords
prayer, Pete repeating the words in sub
dued tones as they fell from her lips.
"Our Father, which art in heaven"
said Sunshine.
And Pete repeated, "Our Father,
which art in heaven. Say, Sunshine,
don't yer want me ter speak up louder?
reckon they'll hev some trouble hear
in us in heaven eff we talk this way. Eff
yer want me ter speak louder, don't be
erfraid ter say so, fur Eve got ther sand
ter do it."
mo, Pete, you are speaking loud
enough: Now, 'hallowed be Thy
name.'"
"'Hallowed be Thy name.' Say, Sun
shine, can't l look up? / feel jest as
tho sum Teller wus hangin' Ground hyar
maxim fun o. me-"
Don't look up, Pete. 1t makes no
difference if somebody is looking at us:
THY kingdom come, Thy will be dOne.'"
Sunshine, but I'd kinder like to see how
er teller ID look sneakin' round, that's
all; thy kingdom cum, thy will be
DONE"
'In earth as it is in heaven"
''In earth as it is in heaven"
"Give us this day our daily bread"
Look hyar, Sunshine; / feel sort of
sneaky beggin' bread like this. I'd
rather git up an hustle fur my bread
than ter kneel down hyar an beg some
body ter toss it inter my mouth"
"Say it for my sake, Pete"
"All right, Sunshine; I'll do it fur
yOu, but it makes me feel sort o. mean.
Give us this day our daily bread"
"And forgive US our debts as we for
give our debtors"
AN forgive us our debts. Sunshine,
this air the fust time | knOwed | owed
ennybody er cent; as we forgive our
debtors"
"And lead us not into temptation,
but deliver US from evil"
Sunshine, it must keep God purity
busy keepin' his people out ov ther way
of temptation nowadays"
Eyes, Pete; but he can do it."
"And lead us not into temptation,
but deliver US from evil"
For Thine is the kingdom and the
power and the glory, forever. Amen"
For Thine is the kingdom an the
power "a Sunshine, it's purity hard
ter hev ter give up like this after hold
in ther wfnnin' hand fur SO many
years. I've he'd erbout all ther power
an Their glory myself in this air region
fur er good many years, Sunshine, an
it comes purity hard ter give up ter
somebody else without fight"
For my sake, Pete"
1.-The power and the glory forever,
amenI' repeated Pete meekly.
That day began the reformation in the
life of the rough miner. His former as
sociates looked upon him with an air
bordering on reverence, and they knew
the wonderful change had been wrought
by the innocent child who had become
his daily companion, the idol of every
heart in the diggings, 'Little Sunshine"
Tom HOLMES.